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Does risk for heart disease start before birth?

American Heart Association, Newsroom, February 13, 2023

Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc
Sadiya S. Khan, M.D., M.Sc., FAHA

A new American Heart Association scientific statement summarizes the intergenerational impact of prepregnancy heart health

DALLAS, Feb. 13, 2023 — Preventing heart disease starts much earlier than you may realize, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published today in a Go Red For Women spotlight issue of the Association’s flagship, peer-reviewed journal Circulation.

Optimizing Prepregnancy Cardiovascular Health to Improve Outcomes in Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals and Offspring: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Sadiya S. Khan et al.
Originally published13 Feb 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001124 |Circulation. 2023;147:e76–e91

Read More at The AHA Newsroom

Preventing Maternal Mortality and Morbidity

Northwestern University, News Center, By Haleigh Ehmsen, October 18, 2022

This was originally published in October 2022 Breakthroughs.

A recent report by the CDC found that four out of five deaths during pregnancy, delivery or even up to a year postpartum could have been prevented. The U.S. has the highest maternal death rate of any high-income country, and research is needed to pinpoint why as well as determine how to prevent maternal deaths.
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Discovering Patterns and Risk Factors

Through research into women’s heart health and experience during pregnancy, Northwestern scientists have learned the ways women’s health is impacted by social determinants, including what part of the country they live in.
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Read More at the Northwestern University website